Contribute data

Overview

Data is read into the World Flora Online Portal in Darwin Core Archive format, a
zip-file that follows a format developed by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Guidelines for submitting both descriptive and taxonomic data
can be found at http://about.worldfloraonline.org/wfodocuments.shtml

Descriptive resources

Descriptive data of all kinds need to be linked to a name known to the portal.
For the portal to recognize a name, it needs to use a WFO identifier (WFOID).
All plant names are assigned WFOIDs by the WFO Consortium.
For example, the WFOID for Solanum tuberosum L. is wfo-0001031908.
A WFOID must be used in the taxonID column in the core Taxon CSV file of the Darwin Core Archive.
Note: The term taxonID is a Darwin Core term used to identify a name, not a taxonomic concept.

Taxonomic resources

A taxonomic resource file extends the World Flora Online taxonomic backbone and must also be provided in Darwin Core Archive format.
The guidelines for submitting taxonomic backbone data are provided in the WFO Taxonomic Backbone Data Contributors Guide, which can be found at http://about.worldfloraonline.org/wfodocuments.shtml.
Like for descriptive data, each name must have a WFOID assigned by the WFO Consortium.

Please contact WFO if you are interested to provide updates for a plant group.